Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-25
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Weather.


Sergeant Barwick reports AT of an inch
of rain in Sacramento yesterday, making
1850 inches for this season, as against 81. 80
inches to an equal date last year. The
barometer was falling quite rapidly up to
noon yesterday, since which time it has
been rapidly rising. At noon it read 80 SO
inches, and at o'clock last night it had
risen to 300S inches. At IL so A. NJ. YES
terday the rain came down quite heavily,
caused, no doubt, by the sudden veering of
the wind from the south to the west, re-
manning short time, and then backing to
southwest, and returning again during the
afternoon to west. There was a very
slight shower of hail at the time the
heaviest rain fell. The highest and lowest
temperatures were 500 and 41o. The dew
point at A. NJ. was 80 4. at II noon 80. I.
while at o'clock last night it had fallen to
80, owing to the dry and cool westerly wind.
There was heavy snOw-storm on the
hill yesterday, extending well down the
sides. and it was also showing at the north
ern end of the California and Oregon Rail-
road, and raining elsewhere. The dis
patches received at the railroad Office at 7
"A. NJ. yesterday, showing the weather for
the previous "a hours, were as follows
Sacramento Division Central Pacific
Truckee, showing and blowing hard. Sum-
init, showing little and blowing hard; 4
inches OF snow fallen. Cisco showing; 3
inches. Emigrant Gap, showing; inches.
Blue Canyon, showing and blowing; half
an inch. Towles, cloudy. Gold Run
showing lightly. Colfax and Auburn
cloudy. Newcastle, raining for one hour
Rocklin, raining.
California and Oregon-Montague cloudy;
half an inch of snow fallen. Edgewood
cloudy. McCioud, showing lightly. Duns-
muir cloudy. Delta, cloudy; Al of an
inch of rain fallen. Redding, cloudy; is
OF an inch. Red Bluff and Tehama, cloudy.
Nord, raining. Chico, raining; 3S of an
inch. Biggs, Marysville and Wheatland,
raining.
On the California Pacific it was raining
at South Vallejo, Napa, Calistoga and Will
Jams, but the rainfall did not amount to
much, except at Napa, where there was %
OF an inch and Calistoga Al of an inch. At
other stations the weather was cloudy.
the snow-storm on the hill was rem
dered more troublesome yesterday by a
wind-storm. During the afternoon a snow
pillow that had descended the hill to Colfax,
driven by two engines, started to return
pushed by four, but at Shady Run, between
Blue Canyon and Alta, much to the as
tonishment of the crew working the pillow,
they found a big drift on the track they
had cleared but short time before. and in
that drift they got stalled and could neither
advance nor retreat. A force of men was
procured to dig the pillow out, but it was
still there" late in the evening. How
ever, another pillow, with seven engines be-
hind it, was coming over from Truckee,
and, ii was expected, would clear passage
through the snow, and be able to
help the imprisoned pillow if neces-
sary, and prevent this mornings
passenger train from being much
If any, behind time in its arrival here. The
storm ceased about clock last evening,
and all fears OF a possible blockade are over.
The same storm appears to have made it.
self very prominent along the Truckee
division, and in Nevada generally but the
fall OF snow was not as great as on the hill.
The snow-plow that was in service of the
California and Oregon road, but became
disabled near Dunsmuir, has been repaired
here, and is now ready for duty as an extra
at Alta.
Court Notes.
In the Superior Court yesterday, Depart
ment One, the argument in the habeas cor
pus case of John A. Golfer, the Yolo county
hay-fork man, was completed, and the case
taken under Amusement by the Court.
r In Department Two, +. L. Cox, charged
with an assault to murder j. Sem, whom
he shot and quite seriously wounded with
a pistol, on l. street, several months ago,
was taken up. On motion of counsel, and
after full statement of the affair had been
made to Judge Van Fleet, the latter allowed
the defendant To withdraw his former plea
of not guilty, and enter plea of guilty of
assault with deadly weapon. He was
I'D 70 Co.
sentence.
In the matter of Murray and Mitchell.
charged with robbing man named
Thompson, at Front and X streets, some
time since, Deputy District Attorney Brown
: informed the Court that though diligent
search had been made, the prosecuting wit
less could not be found. On this showing
and as the defendants would without doubt
be discharged if they had trial. the Court
ordered them released on their own recog-
nlzance, in $500 bail each.
The case Of John Norton, for buying and
receiving stolen property, is advancing
slowly toward conclusion. The prosecu-
tion rested their case about 3 P. NJ. yester-
day, and the defense began the introduce
ton of testimony.
First Ward Caucus.
The Republicans of the First Ward held
q caucus last evening at J. II. Corbin's, to
nominate ticket to be run at the. primary
election tomorrow. Edward Short, Com
mi.teemen from the First Ward, called the
assemblage to order. A J. Rhoads was
elected Chairman, and y. w. Cavanaugh
Secretary. On motion, the Chairman ap-
pointed committee of five to select and
report suitable names for the ticket, viz:
Edward Short, +. f. Tebbets, Charles Able,
X. +. Wiemeyer and B. w. Cavanaugh.
The committee retired, and on their return
reported the following names: ]. ]. Bauer
Charles Able, A. Abbott, A. J. Rhoads, K.
+. Wiemeyer, b. w. Cayanaugh, A. ]. Sen
atz. ]. D. Tate, Isaac Crum, J. A. Kelly, j.
II. Corbin, James DUNCAN. +. f, Tebbets,
]. F. Best Ed. NJ. Martin, J D. Smith, H.
De Young, ]. Diveny, NJ. O'Meara, Edward
Short. ]. a. Harvey, l.. Henry, D. W. Hig-
gins. ]. A p Mclean, George X. Rider,
John w. Rock, II Gribble, J. f. brennan.
The report of the committee was adopted,
and the meeting, which had been well at
tended and harmonious, adjourned.
EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL.-Locomotive No.
154, which has been fitted up with g front
extension" of her boiler, in which the
SHARKS are arrested instead of passing up
into the SiiiDhtotsAShs "do Ote y
and went to DavIsville on a trial trip. 1t
Is claimed that by this device steam can be
made more freely, as well as more econom-
;caiIy. and there is no danger of the draft
choking up. as il frequently does with the
smokestacks now in use. The system is in
S,arat;on on several roads, and seems to
have worked satisfactorily. No. 154 at
tracted much attention yesterday because
If her diminutiye smokestack and the
small quantity of smoke issuing from it.
3 There Is a saving of expense in building
sn,okestacks of this kind as they are only
about a foot in diameter, and eight or ten
can he built ont of the material used in one
NJ those of the style now prevailing
DON'T fail TO hear Prof. Mckanlass play
two l2l b flats (2) comets at once, with
senarate mouthpieces two ~ banjos ~ al
once two 10y harmonicas t2l at once, and
c;ght fSl separate and distinct instruments
1T once. The wonder of the Nineteenth
Century.
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he misses, for 45 and 60 cents each. Rec
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